Tag: 2020 sulphur cap

CMA CGM has announced that from January 1st, 2015 the Group will implement a Low Sulphur Surcharge on all its trades in the Emission Control Areas (ECAs) and for all cargoes.  CMA CGM enforces its long-term commitment to protect the environment with a focus on sustainable development. The Group will do its outmost to comply with the new regulation as from January 1st, 2015. This directive will require ships to use fuel with a maximum allowed sulphur content of 0.1% in the ECA. Impacts of SOx limit reduction on shipping lines Extra costs Marine Diesel Fuel with no more than 0.1% sulphur content is more expensive than Low Sulphur Fuel Oil (with 1.0% sulphur content). This higher price represents an additional cost of more than USD 100 million every year for CMA CGM, inflating expenditure. Furthermore, technical issues when running the main engine with DO (Diesel Oil), such as temperature, viscosity or the size of the DO tank, will command to upgrade of some vessels to comply with the new rules. This will also generate extra costs. As a consequence : CMA CGM will implement a Low Sulphur Surcharge as from January 1st, 2015.  Experts keep on working on technical innovations to ...

New formula addresses changes to vessel and sailing characteristics, and the shift to more costly 0.1%-emission marine gas oil.  U.S. exporters shipping container cargo to Asia will see changes in their overall freight costs beginning January 1, 2015, as current low-sulfur fuel charges are adjusted to reflect larger vessels, slow-steaming and stricter sulfur oxide (SOx) emissions standards. Member shipping lines in the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA)’s westbound section are recommending a quarterly low-sulfur charge of US$47 per 40-foot container (FEU) and $38 per 20-foot container (TEU) from the U.S. West Coast, and $95 per FEU and $76 per TEU from the East and Gulf Coasts, effective January 1. The modified charge – which may appear as an adjusted low-sulfur component within the bunker charge in some contracts during a transition period until those contracts expire – reflects both changes in per container operating costs from larger ships, improved fuel consumption and longer transit times, and the shift to burning cleaner, costlier marine gas oil (MGO) mandated within North American coastal waters as of January 1. TSA’s current recommended low-sulfur fuel charge in effect through December 31, 2014 is $21 per FEU and $17 per TEU from the West Coast, and ...

USTS Kennedy (in 2005 as USTS Enterprise) / Image credit: Wikipedia The Maritime Administration (MARAD) has announced that it is testing state-of-the-art, environmentally efficient technology onboard the Training Ship (TS) Kennedy. The National Defense Reserve Fleet vessel was provided to the Massachusetts Maritime Academy by MARAD for Cadet training.  This one-year undertaking is part of a MARAD initiative to test fuel cells as a source of power for shipboard electrical systems.  Researchers will evaluate the performance of the fuel cell technology and how low sulfur marine diesel fuel can be used to efficiently power a fuel cell to produce auxiliary power.  Unlike using low sulfur fuel in diesel engine generators to provide electrical power, the system produces no harmful air emissions. Source: US MARAD In the origin, I was straightforward with you propecia before and after has changed my subsistence. It has become much more fun, and now I have to run. Just as it is incredible to sit.

IMO regulators have arrived at the next stage of cleaner shipping regulation, sulphur cap in hand, and will alter the face of shipping as a result. Shipowners fear that the new regulation will create an uneven environment with the new sulphur regulations offering an incentive for unscrupulous ship operators to ignore the regulation allowing them to undercut operators who do comply. "When you have a very high compliance cost, coupled with a weak enforcement environment the temptation not to comply is created," argues Roger Strevens, VP global head of environment at Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics and a member of the Trident Alliance, an owners group formed in July this year to offer an owners’ view on the regulation. Strevens is under no illusions how the industry will be affected by the new operating landscape. Up to now, he says, fuel has comprised 50% of an owner’s costs, from January that will leap by another 50% as compliant owners will need to either use scrubbers, if they are fitted, or buy low sulphur fuel (LSF) at around US$900/tonne. "Few industries could absorb that level of cost increase and shipowners are not used to passing on such costs to customers," claims Strevens. According ...

CIMAC, The International Council on Combustion Engines, has published guideline to give an overview regarding the interpretation of marine fuel oil analysis test results with particular reference to sulphur content.  With the introduction of MARPOL Annex VI, the sulphur content of a particular fuel oil is now often the primary factor in assessing whether or not that fuel oil is acceptable for intended use. However, at present, this issue is complicated by the fact that the Annex’s approach to assessing compliancediffers fundamentally from the commercial process under which the fuel oil is ordered and supplied. Since all fuel oil testing is subject to inherent variations, the commercial assessment of fuel oils as supplied is governed by the provisions of ISO 4259. This requires that the supplier must not obtain a test result over the required specification limit value. In contrast, the recipient cannot consider a product out of specification unless the recipient’s test result exceeds the specification limit value by more than the 95% confidence limit which, for a single test result, is given by the reproducibility of the test method multiplied by 0.59. This statistically based process defines how results shall be interpreted allowing for these inherent test variations. However, within the Annex, the assessment of sulphur compliance ...

SKULD P&I club has issued a guide to to provide masters, ship's officers, shore personnel, managers and charterers with a general overview of the cganging international laws and regulations regarding low sulphur fuel oil. Air pollution caused by maritime transport is an important topic on the global environmental agenta. the change-over to cleaner fuels is a global trend and part of the IMO's long term objective to reduce the environmental impact of shipping. Air pollution is regulated by the IMO through its International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) and particularly Annex VI of the Convention. MARPOL Annex VI limits the some of the main air pollutans originating from ships' exhaust gases, including SOx and NOx. It alsi prohibits deliberate emission of ozone depleting substances. The revised MARPOL measures were adopted by the IMO in relation to sulphur oxides (SOx) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions from marine engines on 10.10.2008, when the Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC) of the IMO adopted the revised ANNEX VI to MARPOL 73/78 which then came in to force on the 1st of July 2010. The highest sulphur content which will be allowed in ship fuel is aimed to be no more than ...

On October 16, Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics’ Kari Haugen, Bunker Manager, Global Tonnage & Trade, participated in a round table discussion to share how the company looks at the main challenges regarding the upcoming 2015 ECA regulations: ECA Compliance Roundtable: Reducing Sulphur violations through collaboration. Current challenges in Sulphur compliance Enforcement at PSC Industry view on compliance requirements and audits Evolving inspection regimes – what needs to change? Other participants in the panel were: Capt Robert E. Bailey, Chief, Office of Operating and Environmental Standards, U.S. Coast Guard; Arthur Bowring, Managing Director, Hong Kong Shipowners Association; and Meindert C. Vink, Senior Advisor, Netherlands Shipping Inspectorate. Kari Haugen emphasised the company’s strong commitment to ECA compliance. Compliance costs will be hugely increased as of next year, when all vessels trading in the European and North American ECA has to burn fuel with max 0.10% sulphur. “However, the main worry as we see it, is that the weak level of enforcement experienced today, combined with the huge increase in compliance costs, could tempt companies to cut corners on compliance.  This will not only reduce the environmental benefits - the whole intention behind the regulations in the first place - but also put the ...

The marine lubricants market is under huge pressure to provide long-term solutions to its ship operating customers and Total Lubmarine is investing in new simple solutions according to Jean-Philippe Roman, Total Lubmarine’s technical director. Speaking  at the Fuels, Lubes & Emissions Technology Conference in London, he outlined Total Lubmarine’s innovative approach to forthcoming regulations in the marine fuels market, in particular developments in emission control zones (ECAs) stipulated by the MARPOL Annex VI directive that will enter into force in 2015. “From a customer’s point of view, a good lubricant is a lubricant which offers both improved performance and is simple to use. Low sulphur fuels and eco-engines throw up many challenges to lubricant suppliers and Total Lubmarine is committed to investing in the chemistry that will deliver the simpler oil lubricants in the future,” said Jean-Philippe Roman. Total Lubmarine has been pro-active in developing solutions to the soon-to-be enforced ECA regulations within its specialist sector of marine lubricants, anticipating the change and complexity that will be conferred on ship owners and managers. As of January 2015, ships in the world’s ECA areas will be required by law to burn fuel with a sulphur content of less than 0.1 percent. ...

European shipowners have launched a survey to monitor the economic impact of the 0.1% sulphur requirements for shipping in the European Sulphur Emission Control Areas (SECAs), which are due to enter into force on 1 January 2015, as foreseen by the amended 2012 EU Sulphur Directive. Numerous reports have already been published on the implementation of the new sulphur rules and the ensuing risks of a modal backshift (from sea to land-based transport), but have so far primarily been based on forecasts. “As we get closer to the entry into force of the new rules it becomes vital to move to fact-based analyses and take stock of what is actually happening in the market” pointed out Patrick Verhoeven, ECSA Secretary-General. The survey is part of a stepwise approach to ascertain the economic impact of the upcoming sulphur requirements by gathering factual information from ship operators active in the European SECAs (the North Sea, Baltic Sea and the Channel). It was agreed upon at the European Sustainable Shipping Forum (ESSF), a multi-stakeholder platform set up by the European Commission to assess the developments towards compliance with the new requirements of the content of sulphur in marine fuel, exchange best practices and ...

As the first drone innovators Danish Explicit with its 'sniffer drone' for monitoring sulphur emissions from ships receives international recognition as finalists at the 2014 Ocean Exchange innovation contest. In parallel, the Danish EPA commits an additional $100.000 to the project. The recognition once again highlights the urgent need for strong enforcement initiatives with new sulphur limits on ship emissions only a few months away. That drones can make a difference in the fight for a better environment is clear after the conclusion of this year's international Ocean Exchange innovation contest in Savannah, Georgia (USA). Selected among a global pool of innovators, Danish drone innovator Explicit was recognised as one of only 10 finalists. Explicit has developed a sniffer drone aimed at catching sulphur violators at sea. The system uses self-guided drones to seek out ships during cruise, measure their sulphur emissions and report back in real time. It is the first time a drone project is selected for the contest finale. "To have global innovation networks like Ocean Exchange recognise the potential in drones for environmental purposes is a huge motivation. In the case of sulphur enforcement drones are one of the few technologies available to ensure that regulations ...